Root KSK Ceremony 59

This ceremony has been completed.

Location Root Zone Key Management Facility East
Culpeper, Virginia, USA
Ceremony Start 2025-11-13 18:00:00 UTC
Thursday 13 November 2025, 1 p.m. (local time at facility)
Objectives Sign the ZSK for 2026Q1
Replace Cryptographic Officer 4 (East)
Introduce Backup Hardware Security Module 3E

Rewatch the ceremony

This is an archive of the live online broadcast provided during the ceremony. Formal audit footage and other materials from the ceremony are posted separately below.

Agenda

This timeline is a rough guide only. We endeavour to adhere to the advertised start time, but the length of ceremonies varies. Note that the following day is held as a backup date in case the ceremony can not be conducted as scheduled.

Time (UTC) Time (Ceremony) Agenda
16:30 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Check-in and lunch for in-person attendees
18:00 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Ceremony
22:45 5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Debrief with in-person attendees

Ceremony Materials

File Description
AC59_Annotated_Script.pdf (921.0 KB) Annotated Administrative Ceremony 59 Script: Safe Lock Programming
AC59_CAM01.mp4 (1.0 GB) Administrative Ceremony 59 Audit Camera #1 Footage
AT59_Annotated_Script.pdf (10.5 MB) Annotated Acceptance Testing Ceremony 59 Script: HSM Acceptance Testing
AT59_CAM01.mp4 (1.2 GB) Acceptance Testing Ceremony 59 Audit Camera #1 Footage
AT59_CAM02.mp4 (1.2 GB) Acceptance Testing Ceremony 59 Audit Camera #2 Footage
AT59_CAM03.mp4 (1.2 GB) Acceptance Testing Ceremony 59 Audit Camera #3 Footage
KC59_Annotated_Script.pdf (11.1 MB) Annotated Key Signing Key Ceremony Script
KC59_CAM01.mp4 (3.5 GB) Key Ceremony Audit Camera #1 Footage
KC59_CAM02.mp4 (3.5 GB) Key Ceremony Audit Camera #2 Footage
KC59_CAM03.mp4 (3.5 GB) Key Ceremony Audit Camera #3 Footage
KC59_Script.pdf (873.2 KB) Proposed Key Signing Key Ceremony Script
coen-2.0.1-amd64.iso (613.9 MB) Signing Computer Operating System Image Release coen-2.0.1
coen-2.0.1-amd64.iso.sha256 (87 bytes) Signing Computer Operating System Image Release coen-2.0.1 SHA-256 Hash
kskm-ksrsigner-20251113-200219-1181.log (13.2 KB) Key Signing Log (KSK Rollover Extend Phase D to D)
kskm-ksrsigner-20251113-200951-1220.log (13.0 KB) Key Signing Log (KSK Rollover Back-out Phase D to C)
kskm-ksrsigner-20251113-201507-1245.log (13.0 KB) Key Signing Log (KSK Rollover Extend Back-out Phase C to C)
script-20251113.log (94.9 KB) Signing Computer Audit Log
ttyaudit-ttyUSB0-20251113-191541.log (15.4 KB) HSM8E Audit Log